Clothes-drier



ITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. CASPER AND TITUS S. DARLING, OF CONEWANGO, NEW YORK.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 519,378, datedMay 8,1894.

Application filed March 2,1894. Serial No. 602,113. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLEs F. CASPER and TITUS S. DARLING, citizens ofthe United make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the 1etters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements inolothes-driers or reels, and it has for its object to improve upon thisclass of devices, and to provide a clothes reel the arms of which areconstructed of hollow metallic tubes which may be quickly attached to aswiveled casting at the upper end of the supporting post. a

The invention has for a further object the provision of means wherebythe clothes lines may be readily tightened or relaxed simultaneously andwithout the necessity of removing the reel from the supporting post.

To these ends and to such others asthe invention may pertain the sameconsists in the peculiar construction and in the novel arrangement,combination and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafterdescribed,

shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon form a part of thisspecification, and in which drawlugs- Figure 1, is a plan view of aportion of the reel, showing its connection with the supporting post,portions being broken away. Fig. 2, is a side elevation with parts insection, of a portion of the reel. Fig. 3, is an enlarged detail inperspective of the casting to which the tubular arms are attached.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the supporting post, and B the reel consisting essenigallDyof the inclined arms 0, C and lines E, is a casting, having a centralopening E to receive the vertical rod or pivot E* at the upper end ofthe supporting post. This casting is provided with a series of shortupwardly inclined arms F, F, which arms are cast integral with the bodyportion of the casting, and over these arms are passed the open ends ofthe tubular arms 0 of the reel, as shown.

In order to hold the arms securely in place upon the casting arms, setscrews G, are provided. By this arrangement it will be seen that thearms may be adjusted within certain prescribed limits.

The lines D, D, are passed loosely through holes a, a in the arms 0, G,and have their ends attached securely to the arm 0, which arm C, isprovided with swiveled connection with the casting E, whereby the saidarm may be rotated upon loosening the set-screw G,

and by this rotation the lines will be wound upon the arm, thustightening or loosening all of the lines upon the reel simultaneously,as may be required.

The device is simple and cheap of construction, and both durable andefficient in use.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, the casting E having central aperture and upwardlyand outwardly inclined integral arms, the tubular line supports carriedby said arms, and the set screws for adjusting the supports upon thearms, substantially as described and for the purpose specified. 7

2. In a clothes drier, in combination with the supporting post, of thecasting swiveled at the upper end of the post, the line supports 0, 0,consisting of hollow metallic tubes carried by arms upon the casting andhaving openings at a for the passage of the lines, and the line support0 having swiveled connection with the casting, substantially as shownand described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES F. CASPER.

TITUS'S. DARLING.

, Witnesses: ANSON B. ARCHER, LoUIsH. MYERS.

